Burgan Bank honored at the 5th National Day of Solidarity for the Disabled
- Kuwait: Thursday, November 12 - 2009 at 09:47
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The Executive Committee for the 5th National day of Solidarity for the Disabled honored Burgan Bank on Tuesday the 10th of November. The Committee expressed the appreciation of the Bank's continuous efforts and endeavors to support the people with special needs, and for organizing the renowned Al-Mass Awards.
Al-Mass Awards was created and developed as part of the bank's strong belief in Corporate Social Responsibility. The annual event presents twelve cash prizes to people with special needs who have achieved remarkable and pioneering success. The awards are divided into three categories: Blue Al- Mass (Diamond) for people with mental disability, Yellow Al-Mass for people with motion disability and White Al-Mass for people with sensory disabilities.
As part of the banks overall Corporate Social Responsibility programs, the Al-Mass Award reiterates the Burgan Bank's commitment to participate in social work and help the disabled to integrate in the community. The aim of the Al Mass awards is to recognize and appreciate the talents of people with special needs and to encourage them in continuing with their endeavor despite the challenges.
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Burgan Bank, a subsidiary of KIPCO (Kuwait Projects Company), is a regional bank with majority owned subsidiaries in the MENA region. The youngest and most dynamic regional commercial bank, established in 1977, the Bank has acquired a leading role in the retail, corporate and investment banking sector through innovative product offers and technologically advanced delivery channels. Its subsidiaries include Gulf Bank Algeria (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad (Iraq) and Jordan Kuwait Bank (Jordan). It has continuously improved its performance over the years by applying an expanded revenue structure, good asset quality, diversified funding sources and a strong capital base. The adoption of state-of-the-art services and ground-breaking technology has positioned it as a trendsetter in the domestic market and within the MENA region. At present it enjoys a wide reach through our network of 21 branches and over 120 ATM's making it one of the widest ATM networks in the GCC.
The brand has been created on a foundation of real values - of trust, commitment, excellence and progression to remind us of the high standards to which we aspire. 'People come first' is the foundation on which its products and services are developed and are further augmented by its three pillars of innovative technology, staff competency and customer service. It is committed to offering an enhanced banking experience.
Excellence is one of the banks 4 key values and Burgan Bank continually strives to maintain the highest standards in the industry. The Bank was recertified and is still the only bank in the GCC with ISO 9001:2000 certification in all its banking businesses. It also has to its credit the distinction of being the only bank in Kuwait to have won the JP Morgan Chase Quality Recognition Award, 12 year in succession and was also acknowledged as the 'Best Local Private Bank' in Kuwait in the Fourth Annual Euromoney Private Banking Survey 2007. Further, for two consecutive years, it was conferred the COMMERZBANK Recognition Award, for maintaining high standards of quality, efficiency and reliability while processing Euro currency transactions as well. The Bank's commitment to uphold best practices was recognized when it won the region's first Hawkamah-UAB Bank Corporate Governance Award 2007 while its marketing excellence was recognized as amongst the best in the region by the Middle East Business Achievement Awards 2008.
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Aabha Gandhi
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